We’re ready to arrive home and decided to break our 250 mile/day rule and went for 411 miles today. Therefore, we got up at 7AM EDT and departed from Twin Grove RV Resort in Pine Grove, PA by 8AM EDT (crazy!). Because we got up so early, we didn’t want to mess around with making breakfast, so we stopped at the McDonald’s at our campground’s exit. It was the coolest McDonald’s we have experienced in an RV. They had a whole parking lot set aside for Trucks and RV’s. No parking concerns whatsoever.
Since we knew we would be on the road for close to 9 hours we pulled into a Rest Area a couple of hours down the road and switched drivers. As always, I took advantage of the opportunity to display my napping skills. I woke up about an hour into my nap to our big grey cat Kirby getting sick (vomiting) in our kitchen area. Beth then pointed out that he had been sick (both litter box and vomiting) all night and became concerned. We stopped and swapped drivers at the Rest Area where we had originally planned to eat lunch. We skipped lunch and I started driving again while Beth started calling Veterinarian Offices near the campground where we had tonight’s reservations. She contacted one that was open until 6PM EDT and they said they fit us in once we arrived.
We stopped for fuel at the TA Travel Center in Lexington, VA where we purchased diesel fuel for $2.79/gallon. While I was fueling up and washing bugs off the front of the RV, Beth went inside and purchased Chappy’s Deli Spicy Chicken Sandwiches which weren’t bad at all for truck stop food. Another notable point regarding this TA Travel Center is that it also had an attached campground with full hookups for $37.50/night.
We ate our sandwiches on the road, drove a bit harder than we usually do and arrived at the Carroll Veterinary Clinic in Hillsville, VA by 3:30PM EDT. While Beth filled out the paperwork, I disconnected the Tahoe because the parking lot was too small to turn around in with the Tahoe attached. We only had to wait about 20 minutes after we got the Tahoe detached and the RV turned around before Kirby had been taken in, treated and returned to the RV (owners could not go inside). Just when you wonder if there is still goodness in the world, you come upon a place like this that confirms it. No qualms about not having an appointment, etc. We’ll bookmark this place (in terms of RV parking and emergency vet care).
After our Veterinarian visit, my varmints and I headed on to the campground (about 10 miles away) while Beth stopped at the Food Lion grocery store for supplies. Utt’s Campground is a beautiful Virginia hillside campground in Fancy Gap, VA with full hookups and decent Wi-Fi (7Mbps/2Mbps download/upload speeds). We were able to get 18Mbps/4Mbps download/upload speeds on our AT&T hotspot. My Tracfone got 9Mbps/1Mbps download/upload speeds on the Verizon infrastructure. There are no trees here, so DISH Network satellite access was no issue from the roof mounted satellite antenna. The temperatures at this elevation (roughly 2,700′) were delightful at 81 degrees for a high (we traveled through mid-90’s all day) and no humidity.
Utt’s Campground – Site #29 – Passenger 
Utt’s Campground – Site #29 – Driver 
Utt’s Campground – Site #29 – Rear
